Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-25
FIscts rs. Fiction.


Facts Us. Fiction.
BY DEMOCRAT OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
The vast majority Of tbs neopo of Virgin
il are governed IL their yisws and political
preferences by roasop, and not by preju.
dice. Therefore, desire TO call the atten-
tion o: the voters, briefly SIS may, pointed
[ ~ aa I can, 10 a few CT the reasons why
certain principles shiuld be sustained in the
coming elecjioa-au election fraught with
the gravest interests to the people OF Virgin
IA. The democratic party claims 10 refer
everything TO the pe0ple, -. tho proper
s0uTco of power and tribunal OF public men
eures. Tbs Is true Principles, and not
meD, or : man, ia what The democratic party
asks ,he people to establish. This fight re.
dunes Itself Gcwn &c tnis: Democratic priG
ciplee on he "ao haud or the perpetua
/ ion Gf Maho8ei@m GA t1o otheT. llGhone
has aid down 30 platform. ana set iCIth no
docIatction al pyiaciples. He mas called 40
asseDbiagc # tie people. from tho people
With TIE EXTREMIST aso OF one man power
| he writes IN attack upon the democratic
ptailof:a, bus Offers DO substitute therefor.
! Is he inc republican party, that he should do
!
cracy. o. autocracy lone man-ism)? Mani
;ustiy tho latter. Ata the free and high
/ spirited VirgiDians thus 10 be dragged, Or
| driven. ike The cattle Of the field !? Viz
ejnians. first 9; the birth OF th9 nation, first
! 20 rcbuke tyranny, 10 your own selves be
true. and forever shake of the selfimposi.
ioa 9f dny one nan as your leader, especial.
f @ben such leadership is for his oWn
gain and that ONLY. He attacks every.
;hing He attacks what the democrats hare
done, and reviles them for what they did
nos do "pl damn You, If you DO III
dana you, il you don't" seems 10 be his
on method oi arousiag prejudice in his
iaVe; This fight is al for Mahoue. Why
is toe,s candidate in Virginia today for
iJoGse Or Senate, who IS opposed 10 the
democratic party that would dare sag be Is
not far Mshoue? Then if there IS no war OF
principles, IS ( said above it is democracy
against Mauoaeism Choose ye, men Of the
| noble old State, which ye vii! espoGse
| New. then, What has democracy doue, and
! Nhat is democracy nor doing, that tho peo-
should continue their support? The ad-
miniat:aton of Grover Cleveland has &c
! ests Z .ished the most cordial and fra;ernal
feelings bot8ean the North and the South.
! ghe South--V -Vreiaia-has representatives
| in foreign countries who will tTi:thful!y rep
/ .eseu; us, and induce capital and immigra-
| ton 10 flow southwark, asyou seeitis doing.
! The public lands arc being Wrested from the
] grasp Of nGnopoiists and restored to the peo-
/ lc,-their ius5 heritage. The democrats
. nave administered The affairs Of State since
! 1855 f9i;hout increase Of taxation, suG kept
81: the machinery OF government going, kept
iha free schools running, established normal
| schools, built The South we3terne Lunatic
Asyiumin 5mytli county, and madeappropri
aticus to finish and complete the colored
asylum At Petersburg The labor plank in
/ tie democratic platform is all that intelli-
gent Uorkmen aak or desire. Ali classes are
| represented, aad every interest duly consid-
erei Among tho Legitimate methods Of
s1enGirg ths peoples money here are only
. few Interesting items:
Aid TO disabled soldiers. $214710 90
! Female Normal School at Petersb'g.. 10000 90
! TO complete iolored Normal School
AT Petersburg DC, IL "a
nstc asylum at Petersburg 145, 900 90
Lunstic AsglGm. ........... -. 1865 90
lur......... 6230O 90
Interest on public debt 1SS6) 90 far 9963 81
| Literary fund Observation-Disclosures. Cd 1874 81
Sinking fund (1SS6) so far........... 43, ,S24 80
Commonwealth's fund, including
$74,i3670 due by Gen. Mahone's
Petersburg Dank depository and
now in ooo,o33 10
The above will show some of what are
kaowa as the extraordinary expenditures OF
the State government, and l challenge OBJ
lection 10 any ore Of these items. The pub.
lie schools ere dear TO the aUhOle people, and
deserve so ne fostered aud protected. The
democratic party has been faithful to this
trus:. Here ara the facts: The apportionmert
of State funds TO public schools for 1867 is
$SI2, $50 90, larger bv S19,000.00 than in any
iyear since they We're opened. Again: 10
'S3-4 there were G, $50 schools; in 'S6-7 there
are 6,763 schools; = gain of AS. Also under
democratic rule there Is on increase IN the
value of school property to the amount OF
S246 SOC so Thus is the system growing
and becoming more useful and efficient. NC
ons % crying hard times in all the South
q west to-day, unless as 8 Blind for party ef
!, feet This partisan outcry is drowned by
+ the great wave ofprosDerity that is sweeping
I over the entire South What ere the facts
More millions Of Northern capital have been
invested in the South under Cieveland's ad
milistration than thousands during Hayes
gnA Aytnur's terms Of Office combined
HoN is 1t in Virginia? Northern invest
,asn!s in Virginia for 1856 foot up the enor
nous sum of $13, SOC, 900, and for 1887 fifteen
or twenty millions will be invested in this
state ia railroads, mines, furnaces and land
In 1886 81 5664 miles OF railroad were pro
isctsd. o. which 174l are noW completed snG
ruupiog. To specify few of the great in
aastliai enterprises of this State-Lynch
.,urg Y.th her increased tobacco manufac
curing taciiities, her Glamorgon iron works
inch turned out the ether day the frs
iron 'oater piping ever made in Virginia
g.; t:iis 10 be used In Tazewell county II
9 great Improvement; Roanoke City whic;